With constant fluctuations in the economy, the role of learning and development leaders becomes increasingly challenging. In order to "reinvent" and "redefine" employee capabilities in a dynamic business climate; L&D leaders need to adopt new, innovative learning approaches and strategies to stay competent. Furthermore, they are required to look to their learning departments to contribute value in building and retaining talent in the workforce.

The Global Learning Academy 2011 will showcase interactive and stimulating sessions on building and sustaining a successful corporate academy - which is becoming a corporate- learning trend in the African region. The result is a high-level business platform to realize the need to restructure and revive organisational learning and development functions post-crisis and provide tools and techniques to creatively blend working, learning, and giving.

Conference speakers are scheduled to include the Al-Futtaim Group of Companies, Telkom South Africa, Accenture, Airports Company South Africa, HR Future, Ericsson, Alstom University, Woolworths Holdings Limited, and many more.

The Conference will provide exclusive opportunities to develop business relationships and network with industry peers, as well as leading learning product, service, and information providers from influential businesses and organisations. In an effort to preserve the quality of the event's networking encounters, Conference participation is by invitation only.